State track finals honor Thielen Dietz and Kenaga at Champaign
Thielen Dietz and Kenaga reached the State track finals in Champaign. Other S H 8. thinelads advanced through district rounds and appeared ready for the State elimination. Coaches note camera work at the stadium helps assess form for coaching corrections. Baseball season opens with Musgrove leading Sterling and Hoogeveen assisting. S UH 8S. expects another strong team and a long winning streak.
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Thielen
Dietz
Kenaga
Champaign
Thinelads
Musgrove
Hoogeveen
S. UH
Islanders edge Warriors in district track meet
Rock Island defeated Golden Warriors 40 to 42 in the Blackhawk district meet at Rock Island High School stadium. Dietz set a 200 meter low hurdles record at 22.7 seconds, besting last year’s 23.1. Sterling’s relay team qualified for state by finishing second.
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Rock Island
Golden Warriors
Blackhawk
Dietz
Twardock
Phy Inehes
Dick Thielen
Red Kenaga
Phil Cappatelli
Rock Falls
Hartman
Keach
Kewanee
Hale
Dalesburg
S H S Defeats Dixon Dietz Breaks Record
Sterling township athletes won eight of the 13 first places in a dual meet against the Dixon Dukes in Dixon on May 18. DuWayne Dietz set a new low hurdles record at 122.5 and tied the 100 yard dash record at 210.2. Winners included Lekevre in the mile Glenn in the shot Tywardock in the discus Casey in the 880 and the relay team Hussing Bowman Sisson Dietz.
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Sterling Township
Dixon Dukes
Dixon
DuWayne Dietz
Lekevre
Glenn
Tywardock
Casey
Hussing
Bowman
Sisson
Dietz
G A A Banquet Highlights World Tour Theme
The G A A held its annual banquet at St John’s Lutheran Church on May 3 with a World Tour theme. Passports with member descriptions, awards announced for first and second state levels, and guests from Illinois League noted.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ruth Moreland
Miss Collins
Frances Shimer College
Mount Carroll
Guatemala
Argentina
China
Java
Lois Foulds
A. R. Ku ¥En
R. Eades
Peterson
Pat McBride
Lois Pfundstein
Jeanne Saunders
Betty Stockton
Gladys Ward
Joan Wright
Eileen Stouffer
Janna Hey
Polly Jewell
Suzie Hoffman
Peggy Beach
Mary Ann Lull
Darlene Long
LeVerne Oetzel
Marian Parker
Wenda Michels
Carol Challand
Nancy Morris
Vera Kraft
Jean Stanley
Dorothy Duprey
Donna Swinke
Sally Mosher
Mary Snavely
Marlene Steadman
Lois van Gilder
Kahla Wesner
Joan Bogott
Joyce
Delores Ohms
Margaret Saillard
Gloria Eaver
Delores Wicks
Charlotte Haynie
Marilyn Dayton
Heraldine Rennert
Illinois League of High School Girl Athletics
Sweating
Noomi Mendoza
Janet Hatten
Llora Sic
Marianne Markovits
Sterling Reserves Win Geneseo Relays
The Sterling Golden Warrior reserve squad won the Geneseo night relays on May 14 scoring 80 points to Galesburg 56. Big Jim Glenn won the shot put at 45 feet 3 inches, Chuck Sisson took the discus with 124 feet 3 inches, and Johnson beat Mel linger and Ohda in the 200 yard low hurdles.
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Golden Warrior
Geneseo
University of Illinois
Warrior
Galesburg
Big Jim" Glenn
Mellinger
Ohda
Johnson
Chuck” Sisson
Sterling
S H S Coaches Tom Pletcher Named in Township High History
S H S Coach Tom Pletcher, a Sterling Township high math instructor and frosh soph basketball coach, hails from Berwyn Illinois. An alumnus of Morton elementary and junior college, he studied at the University of Illinois and later taught at York High School Mimhurst before joining Elmhurst and then Town ship High. He is married and jokes about parenting while guiding sports and academics.
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Tom Pletcher
Sterling Township High
Berwyn
Illinois
Ile
Morton
Morton Junior College
University of Ilinois
Pletcher
York High School
Mimhurst
Fresh-Soph
Elmhurst
Township High
Dixon play day brings seven schools together for fun
At the Dixon play day on May 8 seven schools attended including Community Oregon Lanark Mt Morris Forreston Dixon and Sterling. The girls enjoyed the day despite rain. New and existing club members are named along with bowling totals and cabin accommodations.
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Dixon
Community
Oregon
Lanark
Mt. Morris
Forreston
Sterling
Dietz Thielen Win Firsts in Contest
The S. L. track team Dietz Thielen led in the Illinois State meet at Champaign May 15 16 with three finalists. Dietz won the 100 and the 220 low hurdles while Dick Thielen tied for first in the high jump and helped S. L. to a 13 1 2 point finish behind LaGrange. Oak Park and Sterling also posted strong showings as Dietz Thielen earned nine and 13 1 2 points for the S. L. squad.
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Champaign
S. FL. S
Kenage
Twardock
Dietz
Hussing
Bowman
Prophet
Oak Park
Thielen
Sterling
Coach Robert Lee Tennis Mentor Honored in Local Notice
Robert June Lee born November 27 1918 in Tamaroa Illinois pursued multiple sports in school and college. He served as navy captain through World War II then taught Latin English and coached tennis at Sterling Township High School starting January 1946.
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Robert June Lee
Tin ‘Pamaroa
Ilinois
Tamaroa
University of Illinois At
Champaign
White Hall
Illinois
Lee
Navy
Sterling Township
Warriors Win Easily In Triangular Track Meet
Five new records were set and one tied as the Warrior team won the Twin City triangular meet at the stadium on May 11 led by coach Ted Scheid. Rock Falls took second with 58 points, while Community scored nine for third. S. H. S. won most events, entering limited entries due to injuries and resting regulars.
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Stadium
Ted Scheid
Warrior Thinclads
Rock Falls
Community
DuWayne Dietz
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the Pines
Shirley Humphrey
Lucy Manzano
January
Pato McBride
Mary Jane Bellows
Susie Hoffman
Doris Shearburn
Robert Lee
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